Singer/Songwriter? Some would probably call it Contemporary Folk or Americana. But no matter how you call it - what finally remains is: Making music and telling stories.
The Moonband's debut album offers a various, mainly acoustic instrumentation, from upright bass to glockenspiel. Distinctive vocal harmonies snatch the listener into an atmospheric warm light. Timeless beautiful music, to escape the daily routine's gravity for a couple of hours.
"Open Space" sounds as authentic, as if you were sitting in one room with the band, right in the 150-year-old house in Saxon Bohemia, that served as studio. Sometimes it even seems that you can hear the floorboards creaking ... Music to stay.
The album recieves extraordinary positive reviews:
"The 5 musicians play Country & Folk of an extremly smart kind. Following an overall melancholic spirit, the variousity is enormous, catchy and steady growing"
Sueddeutsche Daily News
"The 5 musicians play Country & Folk of an extremly smart kind. Following an overall melancholic spirit, the variousity is enormous, catchy and steady growing"
Sueddeutsche Daily News
"The Moonband play a beautiful Folk, independend from times and locations. Similar to their brothers in mind, the Americana gods CALEXICO, they are orientated on the American Folk tradition, without coming off frumpy."
B2 Bavarian Radio Broadcast
B2 Bavarian Radio Broadcast
"A fabulous Potpourri of Folk, Americana and Pop, disputing equally any international comparison."
Electrolurch
Electrolurch
Band Line Up:
Eugen Mondbasis Vocals, Guitar, Banjo, Bouzouki, Harp
Chris Houston Vocals, Guitar, Slide
Katrin Kirková Vocals, Mandoline, Ukulele, Banjo, Glockenspiel
Andy Armstrong Upright Bass
Elena Rakete Percussion
Chris Houston Vocals, Guitar, Slide
Katrin Kirková Vocals, Mandoline, Ukulele, Banjo, Glockenspiel
Andy Armstrong Upright Bass
Elena Rakete Percussion
Tracklisting:
1 Devil's Got A Piece Of Us
An alcoholic, a workoholic and a suicide agree that life's quite OK.
2 Tom Waits
It's always better to be where you're actually not.
3 The Internist
A ballad: A woman cuts a man into pieces.
4 Top Of A Tree
One sits in a tree, dreaming of sitting in a tree ...
5 Roll On Blues
Newton explores the calming effect of acceleration.
6 In The Garden
How an astronaut plays tricks on his daily routine.
7 We Don't Care (Single)
The generation „practical" cheers over economy crisis.
8 Days To Live
A priest falls in love. What a mess.
9 Cross The River
Two humans, a river and a massive gold nugget.
10 Boogeyman
About the art to ignore one's haunters.
11 Right Before Your Eyes
Sunset in space.
12 No Direction Home
Love stumbles across a stone.
13 The Hiker
A hiker finds the eternal dirt track.
1 Devil's Got A Piece Of Us
An alcoholic, a workoholic and a suicide agree that life's quite OK.
2 Tom Waits
It's always better to be where you're actually not.
3 The Internist
A ballad: A woman cuts a man into pieces.
4 Top Of A Tree
One sits in a tree, dreaming of sitting in a tree ...
5 Roll On Blues
Newton explores the calming effect of acceleration.
6 In The Garden
How an astronaut plays tricks on his daily routine.
7 We Don't Care (Single)
The generation „practical" cheers over economy crisis.
8 Days To Live
A priest falls in love. What a mess.
9 Cross The River
Two humans, a river and a massive gold nugget.
10 Boogeyman
About the art to ignore one's haunters.
11 Right Before Your Eyes
Sunset in space.
12 No Direction Home
Love stumbles across a stone.
13 The Hiker
A hiker finds the eternal dirt track.
Listen
Moonradio at www.themoonband.de/moonradio.php
Watch
Watch
Videos, a.o. Livevideo of Single „We Don't Care" at www.youtube.com/sensationalmoonband
Read
Read
The Moonband in the www at www.themoonband.de
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